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Determining PSU wattage to purchase

Post Date: 2008-10-08
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13cizma View Drop Down
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    Posted: 08 Oct 2008 at 11:34pm
Can a 650W PSU be able to handle a

Quad Q9650
(2) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
6-8GB DDR2
etc...

i just added the major stuff. Ouch

and how do you determine the output Wattage of the following
any special charts?

Quad Q9650
(1) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
and a (1)GB DDR2 1333
and some other major hardwares...
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Posts: 0 		  Quote Tyler Lowe Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 08 Oct 2008 at 11:43pm
Single GPU, definitely. Two GPU's I would say no. technically, it might be enough, but you'd be risking some serious problems trying to run two GTX200's with a ~600W PSU, even one as strong as the 620HX.
 
Here's a link to a PSU calculator:
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Going to need to run at least a 750w  
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Originally posted by Lnguyen

Going to need to run at least a 750w  


I have to agree, the 750w gets my vote also

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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Nice calculator.
 
According to that thing, I only need a 750w.  I currenlty have a 1200w, lol. oh well.  I wonder who would ever need a 1600w?
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 09 Oct 2008 at 2:40pm
the person that has 6 gpu in their system

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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